A New Year...and Better Luck?

I, for one, am very glad that 2011 is over! It really wasn't the best year for me. I am hoping that 2012 will turn out to be better! I'm not really one for resolutions, per se, but I do like to have a few new goals every year.

This year, I will...

make the perfect French Macaron. Right now, I make acceptable macarons, but they are nothing special.

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read through the entire Bible. I have my favorite books, but I want to branch out.

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travel to one place in the US that I've never been to.  Visiting my in-laws in Florida for the first time would probably be a good start.

What? We've only been together for 6 years.

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make one new friend. I think I've bemoaned that fact that all my close friends live far away from me for long enough.

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keep a plant alive for more than 2 weeks. I have what my family calls a black thumb. As in, I have killed every single plant I've ever had. So having a plant for a month would be a huge accomplishment.

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be more creative with my existing wardrobe. We have some huge expenses coming up this year, and I'd like to save some money by shopping less.

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be a better granddaughter. I rarely visit my grandmother because I don't speak her dialect of Chinese, so there's a lot of gesticulating and a strange halting combination of Cantonese, Toisanese, and English. I need to get over the awkwardness.

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So those are my goals for the year! I actually have one more really huge goal, but I'm afraid of jinxing myself, so I'll keep mum for now...